# FrameThrower (slim)

> FrameThrower, an MCP server by framethrower.ai, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. Film stills from 5,489 films, searchable by lighting, lens character, shot size, colour and mood.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framethrower.md (~800 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framethrower.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framethrower
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-05

# FrameThrower

> Indexed, not reviewed: facts from the official MCP registry and our own checks. No score, grade or rank, and not in the rankings until the panel reviews it. How the index works: https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/

- Kind: MCP server, by framethrower.ai (https://framethrower.ai/mcp)
- Listed because: It's published in the registry under framethrower.ai, a namespace the registry only gives to whoever proves they control that domain.
- What the official MCP registry says: Film stills from 5,489 films, searchable by lighting, lens character, shot size, colour and mood.

## Facts

- MCP registry: `ai.framethrower/framethrower` 1.0.0
- Endpoint: https://framethrower.ai/api/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Source: https://github.com/framethrower-ai/framethrower-mcp
- Website: https://framethrower.ai/mcp
- GitHub stars: 1
- Registry entry updated: 2026-08-12

## Tools

- Tools it lists (4, about 751 tokens of context, `tools/list` without credentials over MCP 2025-11-25, checked 2026-10-04 22:20 UTC):
  - `search_frames` (read-only): Search the FrameThrower cinematography reference library by concept, mood, color, composition, or scene. Returns reference frames with film/credits metadata, a…
  - `find_by_craft` (read-only): Find frames by specific cinematography craft attributes — lens character, shot size, visual style, setting, time of day, director, or year range. All optional;…
  - `find_similar` (read-only): Find frames visually/semantically similar to a given frame id (from a prior result). Use this to pull more references like one the user shortlisted.
  - `get_frame_details` (read-only): Get the full metadata + preview thumbnail + full-resolution image URL + depth map URL + link for a single frame id. The depth map is precomputed and free — use…
- How its tools read to an agent (0 errors, 4 warnings, 1 note, about 751 tokens; rules at https://www.anchorterminal.com/check.md; not part of the score):
  - warn TC11 find_by_craft: 5 parameters without a description: director, limit, visual_style, year_max, year_min
  - warn TC11 find_similar: none of its 2 parameters has a description
  - warn TC11 get_frame_details: its one parameter, frameId, has no description
  - warn TC11 search_frames: 1 parameter without a description: limit
  - note TC24 server: 4 of 4 tools have no outputSchema

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/framethrower.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming